By scoring on all five of its red-zone opportunities Saturday, East Carolina has now converted on 36 straight trips to the red zone - 30 touchdowns and six field goals.

The Pirates and Louisiana-Lafayette entered the New Orleans Bowl in the top 10 in red-zone offense, with East Carolina at No. 7 with 45 scores in 49 chances (92 percent) and ULL at No. 3 with 49 scores in 52 chances (94 percent).

ULL was also perfect in red-zone opportunities in its second straight New Orleans Bowl victory at 6 for 6.

Also entering the game, ULL was No. 1 in the FBS in fourth-down conversion defense at 16.7 percent (2 of 12). East Carolina converted one of its two fourth-down attempts - a 11-yard pass from Shane Carden to Reggie Bullock on fourth-and-3 that led to Bullock's 13-yard touchdown run that tied the score.

East Carolina was No. 4 in the nation in fourth-down conversion offense at 76.9 percent (10 of 13) entering Saturday.